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Apple’s iPhone 4 Press Conference

17/07/2010
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It’s been a tough week for Apple Inc., under fire over its iPhone 4 antenna issue. It’s been heavily reported that when you hold the phone in a certain way, its reception would drop dramatically.

Apple has been trying to fix the issue with a software update, iOS 4.0.1 (available for update through iTunes already). But it seems like there are still questions to be answered. So just about an hour ago (starting at 10:00AM PT US time), Apple held a press conference regarding the iPhone 4.

At the very beginning, Apple showed this video clip from YouTube to the waiting press.

CEO Steve Jobs at Apple's iPhone 4 Press Conference

CEO Steve Jobs at Apple's iPhone 4 Press Conference

Steve Jobs took the stage to go through the following statistics before answering questions from the press. Here’s what he said.

  1. Apple says just 0.55% of iPhone owners have reported antenna problems
  2. Apple admits iPhone 4 drops more calls than iPhone 3GS
  3. Apple will give away free cases for every iPhone 4 through 30 September
  4. Apple says software fix for iPhone 4 proximity sensor is coming
  5. iPhone 4 will be available in 17 more countries on 30th July, omitting South Korea
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Belgium
  • Canada
  • Denmark
  • Finland
  • Hong Kong
  • Ireland
  • Italy
  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • New Zealand
  • Singapore
  • Spain
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland

I’m not sure if the antenna issue will affect me when I get my iPhone 4, but the bumper looks nice and will protect its metal surrounding, so it might be a good idea to have one anyways.

I am quite happy with the press conference because I think that Apple has taken responsibility for the issue and are trying to resolve it. I don’t want to make any further judgement on the iPhone 4 before I get one, so… Hopefully, I can get one in the first batch of the Hong Kong delivery. More personal reviews then…

Apple has now posted the video of the press conference on their website.

PK Lai

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iOS 4 on iPhone 3G

01/07/2010
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I didn’t upgrade my iPhone 3G last year because I didn’t want to extend my contract with 3 for an extra 24 months for an iPhone 3Gs. As expected, Apple is releasing the iPhone 4 this year. There’s a lot of enhancement with the new iPhone 4. And most importantly, is that there’s also an upgrade with the OS, iOS 4.

I wanted to try out some new features with my existing iPhone 3G so I upgraded it through iTunes. It was such a hassle getting it upgraded. The back up took forever! So I searched for it online, just to make sure I’m not alone. Turns out, a lot of iPhone 3G users are experiencing the same problem. The tip was to download the new OS via iTunes then instead of performing an upgrade, I should be doing a restore. It only took about 90 mins for the entire restoring process.

Immediately after the upgrade, I find that the new features are really good. For example the unified inbox in mail, folders for apps, spell check, so on. Soon, I come to realise that the phone is much slower in some aspects. Like texting for instance. It’s really slow! I’ve also come to notice that a lot of new apps just couldn’t run. Not that it would crash while using it, it won’t even launch.

I know that the iPhone 4 will be in stores in Hong Kong this month. So I guess I’ll just have to be patient for the time being. I should survive 30 days!

PK Lai

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